DVD Humax Problem

[jonhunt]

I have just purchaseda Humax DVD Recorder DRT 800. I can easily play back a show I have burned to DVD, but only on the Humax machine. I have tried to play a DVD in two laptops, one very new, both with Window Media Player 10 and in a home Sony Unit. I used Sony DVD-RW media. Any ideas on what the problem could be?

[Seattle]

I have just purchaseda Humax DVD Recorder DRT 800. I can easily play back a show I have burned to DVD, but only on the Humax machine. I have tried to play a DVD in two laptops, one very new, both with Window Media Player 10 and in a home Sony Unit. I used Sony DVD-RW media. Any ideas on what the problem could be?

I would use DVD-R for greater compatibilty with other players.

[FatherTed]

Did you close the disc? An unclosed -RW isn't supposed to be able to be read in other devices.

[jonhunt]

I am new to this...how do you close the disk?

[jonhunt]

I am new to this...how do you close the disk?

[gtrogue]

I am new to this...how do you close the disk?
You don't have to do anything. The Tivo always finalizes and closes all recorded discs.

You may want to try DVD-R and/or another brand of DVD-RW. You can find DVD-R's for around $.25 or less per disc so the fact that they are write once isn't that big of a deal.

[Bondelev]

FWIW, a DVD-RW I used worked once on a laptop, then the next time I recorded to it, it didn't work. It's a very finicky medium.